Youth, art, and public discourse reignite Alexandria’s fading culture
After the cultural decline of a once-shining Mediterranean star, Alexandria's old glamour is now being revived by the city’s youth and public spaces.
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FILM
Comra filmmaking camp: Humanising Yemenis' hopes and struggles
Ahram Online speaks to Scottish-Yemeni filmmaker Sara Ishaq about her latest project, the Comra filmmaking camp.
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The Mice Room: When experimental narratives make it to the ticket booth
Independent Alexandrian production The Mice Room brings together six directors, merging six stories about fear, fables and uncertainty.
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Cannes Critics Week kicks off in Cairo with a French film on African migrants
Cannes' La Semaine de la Critique (Critics Week), organised by art-house cinema Zawya, Cimatheque Alternative Film Centre and the French Institute, opened on Wednesday 16 September and ran until 21 September.
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'Muhammad: The Messenger of God' - An interview with Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi
In the epic film, which is part of a planned trilogy, Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi seeks to show prophet Muhammad's mercy and sympathy for all humankind.
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Late Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. (Photo: A fragment of the festival's poster)
THEATRE
Remembering: One decade since tragic Beni Suef theatre fire
5 September marked 10 years since the Beni Suef fire claimed over 50 lives. The Egyptian theatre has not recovered from its losses.
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Salvador Dali and his older brother at the Cairo Theatre
Staged at the Floating Theatre in Cairo, 'Dali... Lonely' looks into the artist's relationship with his older brother who died nine months before Salvador Dali was born.
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'Egypt's independent theatre demands a state subsidy': director Abir Ali
Egyptian theatre director and cultural activist Abir Ali talks about the recent award she received, her work with Upper Egypt's artistic communities, and shares her views on the situation of the independent theatre.
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National Theatre Festival opens with commemorations, Equus and Viva Egypt
Ahram Online looks into the opening day of the National Theatre Festival, an event that kicked off on 4 September and continues until 21 September.
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(Photo: Still from film 'For a Loaf of Bread')
A day in the life of Egypt's National Theatre Festival: From strong Spirit to shaky Shakespeare
The Spirit and Midsummer Night’s Dream capture some ups and downs of the National Theatre Festival.
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Egypt’s National Theatre Festival: Working against the text
Ahram Online continues to report from the National Theatre Festival, this time looking into a work by Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannus and Khaled Galal’s take on Hamlet.
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Do Not Label Me: When theatre reinforces the status quo
The play titled Do Not Label Me was performed as part of the Women and Memory Forum with participation from UN Women and the Supreme Council of Culture, who organised a conference titled "Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation and the Making of Archives” at the Council’s premises.
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Not so spectacular: Cairo Opera’s Moulin Rouge
Performed at the main hall of the Cairo Opera House on 7 and 8 September, the Egyptian take on iconic Moulin Rouge musical was characterized by lack of vision, distorted concepts and misguided artistic choices.
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A scene from 'Dali...Lonely' theatre play (Photo: Mohamed Hegazy)
MUSIC
The Essence of our Encounter: Egyptian artists interweave poetry and music
On 11 September, El-Sawy Culturewheel witnessed the coming together of poets and musicians to tug at life, love and politics.
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Ragaa Eldin: An Egyptian tenor finding his voice in Europe
Ahram Online talks to the young tenor Ragaa Eldin about his path to success, international recognition, and the many shunned operatic talents of Egypt.
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'Only through art and music can the world unite’: India's devotional vocalist in Cairo
The 8th Samaa Festival brought many performers together from around the world. The renowned Indian vocalist Gurinder Harnam Singh shares her impressions with Ahram Online.
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Moulin Rouge at the Cairo Opera House (Photo: Bassam Al Zoghby)
VISUAL ART
Egypt's prominent late activist and feminist Wedad Mettri commemorated with an exhibition
An exhibition of the collection of notes, photos and oral memories of leftist figure Wedad Mettri showcased the many stories of Egyptian women in the 20th century.
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Felucca exhibition: Evocative study of Egypt's traditional boats fuses photography and painting
Photographer Galal El-Missary and painter Samah Emam collaborate in Fluka, using the life-cycle of traditional feluccas to access deep truths.
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Maana Egtimaana (The essence of our encounter) took place at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on 11 September. (Photo: Sara M Shady)
TOP ARTS NEWS
Egypt to participate in Algeria's classical music festival
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Centre announces launch of the Met Opera live transmissions
Faten Hamama to adorn poster of 37th Cairo International Film Festival
Egypt's Al-Nour Wal Amal blind women orchestra performs at the Cairo Opera and prepares for tour
Egypt's Outa Hamra troupe announces it will perform at Ethiopian circus festival
Cairo Symphony Chamber Orchestra performs at famed Berliner Philharmonic
Cooperation agreement signed between Prince Charles art schools and Kemet in Cairo
Epic 'Muhammad' film represents Iran at the Oscars
Shnit short film festival announces it will come to Cairo once more
(Photo: Wedad Mettri exhibition)
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